What's happening: As buzzwords such as "alignment" get hotter, vendors are pushing portfolio management as a way to satisfy corporations' growing desire to make technology heed the whip of profitability.

Expertise Online:www.gantthead.com Paul Harder leads discussions on what users do and don't know.

Companies in italicized yellow type are featured in dossiers this month;  Acquired by Mercury Interactive, August 2003 Sources: Survey by Society for Information Management, Kellogg School of Management and DiamondCluster

Assistant Editorjoshua_weinberger@ziffdavisenterprise.comAfter being on staff at The New Yorker for five years, Josh later traveled the world, hitting all seven continents in a single year. At Yale University, he majored in American Studies, English, and Theatre Studies.